1200HP 265mph Veyron SS

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The car is being tested by Bugatti test driver Pierre-Henri Raphanel at VW's Ehra Lessien test track near Wolfsburg and the results are following - from north to south 434,211 km/h (269.806 mph), from south to north 427,933 km/h (265.905 mph), so for Guiness book of records 431,072 km/h (267.856 mph). Have recieved all this today, don't know about acceleration, but it is set to be better through all speed range.

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The new Bugatti Super Sports is the fastest, most powerful and most expensive production car in the world. BamS reporter Timo Friedmann was exclusively present when the 1,200-horsepower machine at Wolfsburg speed record went. What announced the speedometer: read on!

On the last Saturday in June this gun will show their strength among the aces, just on the VW test track in-Lessien Ehm, just a jaunt from Wolfsburg. This will Veyron has 1200 hp, a mega-power increase, which have only the last 30 in the planned total of 300 models. The normally strong enough Bugatti Veyron 1001 hp to be the strongest among the strong can.

So far, the super car exceeding 407 km / h was fast. This is approximately twice the speed of a parachutist, before he opens the screen, but only the maximum speed of the third fastest production cars in the world.

Today should be achieved on the 21 km long with two steep curves Ovalrundbahn an even higher pace.

The conditions are perfect: temperature 24.2 degrees, humidity: 38.9 percent, air pressure: 1007 mbar, the wind was blowing at a meter per second.

First, the car is driven warm, with 200 cases, the costs of the four turbochargers only a purr. sufficient for such a relaxing trip and 200 hp and about 25 liters of fuel. That is enough for an eight-liter 16-cylinder engine, and finally he swallows at 365 km / h about 100 liters per 100 kilometers. However, the most powerful Bugatti ten percent more economical, weigh as completely built of carbon fiber and aluminum, 50 pounds less, so 1840 kg.

The super car, the driver of the record attempt, Pierre-Henri Raphanel, says he had to control as easily as a VW Golf, the Bugatti can hardly accelerate faster than the 1001-hp version. Despite all the power, despite improved aerodynamics and a separate cooler for the rear axle oil can not be outwitted the physics. Thus, the value remains unchanged from 0 to 100 km / h 2.5 seconds. In the sprint to 200 km improvements are possible, that is 7.3 seconds. And up to 300 km / h limit, because what is already pass, as little more than 15 seconds instead of the eternal 16.7 seconds.

Then break the four-wheel drive Bugatti on the record hunt, the pilot can roar the engine, the vehicle becomes a projectile. With 220 km / h, it rushes through the steep curve, in fourth gear, it brings momentum to the 10-kilometer line. The turbos ignite a storm that fired the engine, and the racer roars up.

Only one millisecond see, I hear the thing - as soon as everything went too fast. As a boxer I would hammer his rights on the ear, while the Left. I can hardly see anything, just a roar is heard, before me, the wind behind the guardrail almost sent to the floor. Then the drone disappears in the distance.

After ten minutes, it goes in the opposite direction away from the front, then the record statutes. I wonder if I had a similar experience before. No, nothing like it. First, I have never stood next to a jet fighter taking off, raises a second plane from already at 270 mph. After the ride is the result: From south to north of the Bugatti went 427.933 km / h, from north to south, 434.211 km / h. In the "Guinness Book of World Records' he is the future of the intersection of 431.072 km / h.

After the record run or ride follows a reporter on the side of the Pierre-Henri. She brought the following knowledge: 1 You have no world record ride, to feel much too fast. That would not have gone through my nerves. 2nd Also a four-lane, ten kilometers long straight is very, very narrow. 3rd I too have broken a record: the muscles in the neck from the tension at full speed cures for four days.

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The new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport takes production sports cars to a whole new dimension

Wolfsburg/Molsheim, July 4, 2010 – on a beautiful sunny day at 25 degrees the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport achieved a new landspeed world record for production cars, on the proving grounds of the Volkswagen Group at Ehra-Lessien (nearby its headquarters at Wolfsburg). In the presence of the German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) and a representative of Guinness Book of Records the Super Sport achieved an average top speed of 431 km/h.

Saturday, 2 pm – Bugatti’s Pilote Officiel Pierre Henri Raphanel puts his helmet and gloves on, pulls the safety belts tight whilst the engineers check the car a very last time: tyre pressure, temperature, all systems go. Then the orange black Super Sport crosses the light barrier, from now on the time will be taken, within one hour the car has to drive from South to North and then in the opposite direction. No one but the driver is allowed to touch the car during this time. The tension rises. A few minutes later we can hear from the left side the sound of a starting jumbo jet coming closer towards us. First we perceive the headlights of the Veyron, then we can recognize the shape of the car, a loud wooosh…. and Raphanel dashes in top speed past us. The GPS-tachometer stops at 427, 933 km/h. Now the same procedure from the opposite direction. This time the car reaches 434, 211 km/h. As average top speed the representatives of the “TÜV”and Guinness generate a value of 431, 072 km/h (268 mph). This even hit Bugatti’s engineering team by surprise.

“We took it that we would reach an average value of 425 km/h,” explains Bugatti’s chief engineer Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, “but the conditions today were perfect and allowed even more.”

The climax of the Veyron series: the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport

Had a model been especially popular or highly successful in races, Ettore Bugatti’s customers often pushed the master to tease out of the engine a few horsepower more for their future car. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. had been in a similar situation when their existing customers asked the company to not only design their second model optically differently but to also create a version with a sportier and more extreme driving experience. The result is a car with a uniquely high performance of 1,200-hp (882 kW) offering experienced drivers a whole new dimension of excitement, with a maximum torque of 1,500 Newton metres and a limited top speed of 415 km/h (to protect the tyres) but, the technique of the Super Sport is identical to the record car. The first five Super Sports to come off the production line will constitute a special series of their own, with the same
configuration as the landspeed record car.

The Super Sport is a consequent of the further development of the classic exclusive 1,001-hp Bugatti Veyron 16.4, launched in 2005. This model offers a stunning set of specifications, such as the twin clutch gearbox with seven speeds, the extraordinarily precise driving performance in bends and excellent stability when braking and accelerating.

Continuous work in extreme performance ranges lead to constantly new conclusions, which enabled the engineers at Bugatti to develop the Veyron into a direction in which the driver can reach new dimensions. Every modification is designed to produce an even more powerful car for an agile ride. Four enlarged turbochargers and bigger intercoolers have been used to boost the power of the 16-cylinder engine, and the chassis has been extensively redesigned to maintain safety at extreme speed – thanks to slightly raised main-spring travel, stronger stabilisers, and new shock absorbers with a complex architecture originally developed for racing cars. This gives noticeably more precise control of the wheels and the car as a whole. With lateral acceleration of up to 1.4 G and improved interaction between the tyres and the intelligent all-wheel drive system, the Super Sport offers perfect handling and even more powerful acceleration of 1,500 Newton metres on corner exits.

The body has been fine-tuned to improve aerodynamic efficiency and maintain perfect balance in every situation, while the new fibre structure of the all-carbon monocoque ensures maximum torsion rigidity and passive safety – at reduced weight. The skin is made entirely of carbon-fibre composites, and the new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is available in 100 per-cent clear-lacquered exposed carbon on request.

Dynamic exterior

Every detail of this car, and not just its use of advanced motorsport technology, harks back to the pioneering spirit of company founder Ettore Bugatti. This brilliant designer came from a family of artists, and his philosophy was always to combine mechanical perfection and exterior beauty. This ethos remains alive and well at the company, and the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is wholly unmistakeable, with every external modification serving to coax greater performance from the car.

The Super Sport’s flat, elongated silhouette is immediately recognisable. The 16-cylinder engine gets its air from two NACA ducts integrated into the roof, rather than from scoops above the engine. The front air intakes have been expanded and reshaped, with the lower one extending elegantly around the sides to the wheel arch. The revised back looks sportier due to the double diffuser and a centrally arranged exhaust system.

Bugatti has a tradition of making super-sport versions of successful models, usually with racing chassis and supercharged engines. These cars were considered as true racing machines for diehard Bugatti devotees. The most successful were the type 55 and type 57S; only around forty of each were built.

Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. has sold 260 Veyrons and 35 Grand Sports by now, of which 249 Veyrons and 22 Grand Sports had been delivered. The Super Sport will begin production this autumn at Molsheim along with the Veyron and the Grand Sport. The first five cars – known as the World Record Edition – are in a special black exposed carbon and orange finish and have already been sold.

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport will appear for the first time in public in California at the Pebble Beach Concours weekend in mid-August and will be featured at The Quail, Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca and on the concept lawn of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Source: Bugatti Press Release

[Marc@AutoLavish]

omg... i'm in love.
I LOVE the paint scheme... just not the color choice. Too much like a Porsche GT3 RS IMO.

Regardless really stunning looks and no doubt this is going to be a highly collectible car. Think of all the folks who purchased new Veyrons only to now see there's going to be a faster version of their car

Kinda makes me appreciate all the crazy Ford GTTT's that much more though with their standing mile speeds.

[RICE EATER]

that thing is ugly as hell!!..what is it the holloween edition....just looks tacky to me

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The Veyron was ugly before (IMO), and they managed to make it look even worse.

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Well, only the first 5 made (already sold) will have that color scheme. The rest will be offered like any other Veyron...in whatever combo you want.

[JeffB]

I think it looks cool.

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Hate the wheels. Love everything else.

Nick

[Crazzy_Al]

DO WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!